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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012
A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.
Table 1.5.c Quantity and value of landings by Scottish vessels using shellfish gears by main species 1 : 2012
| Shellfish Gears | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity (tonnes) | Value (£'000) | |||||||||||
| Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | Total | Creel fishing | Nephrop trawl 2 | Dredging | Hand Shellfishing | Other methods | Total | |
| Edible crabs | 9,459 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 9,461 | 11,302 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 11,304 |
| Lobsters | 1,122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1,122 | 11,667 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 11,675 |
| Nephrops | 1,671 | 19,567 | 6 | 1 | - | 21,244 | 13,476 | 68,870 | 23 | 4 | - | 82,373 |
| Queen scallops | 16 | 23 | 14,075 | - | - | 14,115 | 15 | 7 | 5,582 | - | - | 5,605 |
| Razor fish | 5 | - | 15 | 794 | - | 814 | 16 | - | 43 | 2,257 | - | 2,316 |
| Scallops | 153 | - | 16,493 | 408 | - | 17,054 | 374 | - | 29,736 | 1,117 | - | 31,226 |
| Squid | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 30 |
| Velvet crabs | 2,020 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2,022 | 4,833 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 4,840 |
| Other shellfish | 747 | 0 | 45 | 43 | - | 835 | 1,009 | 0 | 73 | 93 | - | 1,176 |
| Total shellfish | 15,201 | 19,593 | 30,638 | 1,247 | - | 66,679 | 42,707 | 68,887 | 35,474 | 3,477 | - | 150,545 |
| Other species c | 74 | 492 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 627 | 99 | 553 | 167 | - | - | 819 |
(c) Other species include demersal and/or pelagic species
(1) Main species are those where the total value landed by Scottish vessels was £2m or over in 2012.
(2) Bottom trawl gears catching demersal species have been included as demersal trawls, while bottom trawl gears catching nephrops have been included as nephrops trawls.
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